Individual Patients
In-house Initiatives
In-house Initiatives
It may be that you're looking for a direction to point a patient in, especially if other interventions have not been successful, or accessing treatment is problematic (due to waiting times, availability of services, location etc). Whilst we accept self referrals, it's always beneficial to us if a person is referred by their GP who can pro
It may be that you're looking for a direction to point a patient in, especially if other interventions have not been successful, or accessing treatment is problematic (due to waiting times, availability of services, location etc). Whilst we accept self referrals, it's always beneficial to us if a person is referred by their GP who can provide a summary of the help and treatment a patient has already received, alongside details of any pre-existing conditions.
Alternatively you may be looking for help regarding a particular patient, so that you and your practice are better placed to help them. Even if conventional routes have failed, or a patient has reached the end of tier 3 and been told that there is no more help available to them unless they wish to consider bariatric surgery; we can provide advice regarding the next steps and what can still be done for the patient. When a patient wants to be helped, there is always potential for a successful outcome.
In-house Initiatives
In-house Initiatives
In-house Initiatives
If you are looking to start a weight management initiative within your practice, that targets your more significantly overweight/obese patients, then why not speak to us.
We can help you to devise a programme that covers far more than the basics of diet and behavioural changes; and help you to empower people tap into the reasons why the
If you are looking to start a weight management initiative within your practice, that targets your more significantly overweight/obese patients, then why not speak to us.
We can help you to devise a programme that covers far more than the basics of diet and behavioural changes; and help you to empower people tap into the reasons why they feel driven to overeat, helping you to achieve real results with your patients.
Whether you wish to run a clinic with 1:1 sessions that encourages patients to be honest about sensitive areas in a confidential setting, or a group programme where patients can bond with their peers and create a mutually supportive environment; or even something combining elements of both approaches - Sharon Heaton can help and guide you devise an initiative that really works, with an option for us to provide materials for you to use with your patients, to help them stay focussed and start seeing results..
Hosted Initiatives
In-house Initiatives
Education & Training
If you are looking to launch a weight management initiative, but don't wish to deliver this in-house, we can deliver a hosted programme for you, in conjunction with your practice. After careful consultation around the format that would suit your practice and patients best, and any areas of particular interest or concern - it's important t
If you are looking to launch a weight management initiative, but don't wish to deliver this in-house, we can deliver a hosted programme for you, in conjunction with your practice. After careful consultation around the format that would suit your practice and patients best, and any areas of particular interest or concern - it's important that the initiative we deliver reflects the values and support that your practice can offer patients going forwards beyond the programme.
Programmes will usually be delivered online via zoom, but it may be possible for Sharon to host them in person in the East Lancashire/Manchester area. Please contact us to discuss your requirements in more detail.
Education & Training
In-house Initiatives
Education & Training
We really appreciate that some GPs and medical professionals, want to learn more and really understand their patient's experiences, they want an opportunity to explore and understand the flaws in currently available treatments, and they want to be the best they can be for their patients. That's why we offer training sessions for GPs aimed
We really appreciate that some GPs and medical professionals, want to learn more and really understand their patient's experiences, they want an opportunity to explore and understand the flaws in currently available treatments, and they want to be the best they can be for their patients. That's why we offer training sessions for GPs aimed at helping them to understand their obese patients better, why the treatments on offer often don't work, or the results don't last long-term, and ways in which they can help and as as a result build better relationships with their patients.
We also offer training around the lived experience of being morbidly obese, and the basics of why it's not as simple as "eat less and move more" for some people; aimed at giving all practice employees a better understanding and opportunity to develop better standards of care for their more significantly overweight patients.
Why Sharon?
Sharon herself has battled life-long to gain control of her relationship with food, at one point weighing almost 27st (170kg), but now weighing considerably less. After many years of yo-yo dieting, often losing 7st or more, only to regain it all plus more on top, Sharon tried every treatment she could find - slimming clubs, personal trainers, dieticians, group therapy, CBT, CAT, psychotherapy, she even partnered with an eating disorders specialist in the US in an attempt to try to find a lasting solution. Whilst some of the treatments were more effective than others, none provided a lasting solution. Sharon realised that the problem with the treatments on offer was that they all had a tendency to oversimplify the problem, and only focus on one or two aspects of what is a much more complex issue. Utilising her own background in psychology and counselling, combined with her experiences, participation is peer support networks, and an ongoing interest in obesity and weight management research, Sharon was finally able to gain a better understanding of the factors associated with morbid obesity which allowed to her help herself, and then go on to help others. Sharon is passionate about helping people to find ways to start addressing their relationship with food, and as well as her professional work, still participates in charity and peer support work, and takes an active interest in obesity and weight management research within the UK and further afield.